Saturday, April 8, 2017

A SPRING PENCIL WALK

Let's take our pencils on a walk today!

Story symbols can help children develop top to bottom and
left-to-right orientation. They’re also an engaging way to develop small motor
skills. These stories should be told multiple times so children can practice
the pre-writing strokes and feel more competent. You might want to do the same
story every day for a week as you invite the children to recall what will come
next. You could also make a tape of the story to put in a listening center.

Demonstrate these stories on the board or a large chart so
children will be able to copy what you do on white boards or clip boards.

A SPRING WALK

Let’s put a green dot at the top of the page to show us where to start. And let’s put a red dot down here at the bottom to show where our story will stop. Pick up your pencil and let’s use it to tell a story.